# Australia news live: man charged after allegedly stabbing woman with scissors in Melbourne

https://mins.news/en/item/32302

- The Guardian, 2026-08-25 21:13 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/26/national-cabinet-datacentres-cpi-inflation-data-politics-reactions-anthony-albansese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-ntwnfb

> A man has been charged over an alleged random attack outside a Melbourne police station in which he punched a young boy and stabbed the boy’s mother with scissors. The mother and son, visiting from Cowes on Phillip Island, were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Police do not believe they knew the man.